The political class world is crumbling. That’s something to celebrate.

Earlier in the year, the political elites in Washington were certain gun control would be enacted following the horrific massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. When nothing passed, they expected politicians who refused to support more gun restrictions would face consequences for their actions.

There were consequences. Just not the one’s the political class expected.

After Colorado passed its own version of gun control legislation, two state senators were targeted by a grassroots effort for removal through a recall vote. It was the first time in the state’s history that the recall process had even been attempted. Outside money poured in, and gun control advocates outspent the NRA and its allies by a 6-to-1 margin. Despite the tremendous financial advantage they enjoyed, both state senators were removed from office because of their support for gun control legislation.

This wasn’t the first time the political class totally misread the public mood this year.

An early sign of trouble for the elites came with public reaction to the so-called sequester. More precisely, the D.C. panic was caused by the lack of public reaction.

Politicians, mainstream media organizations, defense contractors and others did everything they could to scare the public. President Obama himself used his State of the Union address to say, “These sudden, harsh, arbitrary cuts would jeopardize our military readiness.” To make sure voters understood his concern, he added, “They’d devastate priorities like education, energy and medical research. They would certainly slow our recovery and cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs.”

But it didn’t work.

People didn’t rise up in revolt and demand that Congress stop the sequester.

Instead, voters recognized that the politicians were crying wolf. The so-called cuts were not harsh and devastating. They were embarrassingly modest. In fact, all the sequester really did was reduce the growth of federal spending a bit. So, when the sequester went into effect, there was no revolt. Instead, hardly anybody noticed. Only those who work for the government really felt any impact.

Then there was Syria.

The political class has long been much more enthusiastic about military interventions than the American people. Some among the elite like it for humanitarian purposes, some for prestige, and some because they believe the U.S. should be the global policeman.

Voters think we should take action only when our vital national security interests are at stake.

Still, when the president was forced to seek approval from Congress, the initial expectation was for easy passage in the Democratic controlled Senate and a close vote in the Republican controlled House. Instead, public reaction to the president’s request was so negative that it became a rout.

It was stunning to see what happens when Congress actually listens to voters rather than following the insiders.

On gun control, the sequester and Syria, the political class showed how little grasp it has about the attitudes of mainstream America. Other issues are likely to reveal the same cluelessness as 2014 approaches.

The political class world is crumbling. That’s something to celebrate.

"Politicians, mainstream media organizations, defense contractors and others did everything they could to scare the public. President Obama himself used his State of the Union address to say, “These sudden, harsh, arbitrary cuts would jeopardize our military readiness.”

To make sure voters understood his concern, he added, “They’d devastate priorities like education, energy and medical research. They would certainly slow our recovery and cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs.”"

The funny thing is, Patty Murray and Obama were the ones who rammed sequestration through, on the theory that the GOP considered defense sacrosanct. They were holding a shit and and got their ass called. Twenty-two days of furlough ended up being six.

1. AnonymousSun Sep 15, 04:00:00 PM EDTNow The Mad Crapper will come in. Charging me with failing to do my duty, which duty I did not know I even had until about two weeks later, by which time it had been reported by the hospital to the police.

Fuck you, Crapper.

1. AnonymousMon Sep 16, 04:22:00 AM EDTYou see Sam how he can't fuck her at the end?

1. AnonymousMon Sep 16, 12:18:00 PM EDT"Fuck You You Old Fool"

1. AnonymousMon Sep 16, 12:13:00 PM EDTI will go your way.

You are a fucking half breed Mississippi red necked fool who is being taken 'for a ride'.

Fucking moron, dumbass.

So there!

You can't make this stuff up ladies and gentlemen. You can't make it up.

"Gee, Uncle Gob, I am really impressed with your overall knowledge of literature and with the facility with which you use the English language. In fact, now that you have agreed to pay for my PHD, I may also take some additional classes in English literature in hopes of following in your footsteps. Of course PHD's in 'Brain Science' and 'English Literature" (and possibly Astrophysics) may get a little expensive but we can worry about that later. In the meantime, do you think you could spare a couple more c-notes for cab fare? It's expensive getting to my 'Kama Sutra' class. Also I have to keep up with my yoga classes. Wait until you see how flexible and supple I have become.

Oh, and I hate to ask but do you think you could send me some emergency funds. For some reason, my breasts seem to be getting larger and I am busting out of all my blouses. Which reminds me, you never did tell me what you think I should wear on our camping trip. I was thinking maybe a short plaid skirt with white sailor top and anime schoolgirl shoes. What do you think, Uncle Gob.

When I saw the name Bollyann, it reminded me of a term the English use:

Bollocks

A highly flexible term commonly used by the English.

1. something rubbish 2. a falsehood or series of lies 3. something great 4. the best possible 5. testicles 6. exclamation on making a error.1. That Mel Gibson movie was a load of bollocks. 2. That Tony Blair is talking bollocks. 3. That curry was the bollocks! 4. That your wife is the dog's bollocks when it comes to cooking! 5. Then she kicked him in the bollocks. 6. Bollocks!

Meanwhile Quirk-O she is working at the Max Planck Institute of Brain Research in Hamburg, Germany and is accepted to the PhD program at Washington State University while you are still trying to sell candy on the street corner, with a cardboard sign that says:

"Survivors reported an attack with shelling, followed by the onset of a common range of symptoms, include shortness of breath, disorientation … eye irritation, blurred vision … [and] vomiting," among other symptoms, the report said.

Nine nurses and seven doctors interviewed said they saw shortly after the attack "a large number of ill or deceased persons lying in the streets without external signs of injury."

Weather conditions kept the gas close to the ground, maximizing its effectiveness, the report said.

Magnificent Ronald and the Founding Fathers of al Qaeda

“These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of America’s founding fathers.” — Ronald Reagan while introducing the Mujahideen leaders to media on the White house lawns (1985). During Reagan’s 8 years in power, the CIA secretly sent billions of dollars of military aid to the mujahedeen in Afghanistan in a US-supported jihad against the Soviet Union. We repeated the insanity with ISIS against Syria.